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Traditionally played in pubs and fairgrounds, the object of the game was for players to throw sticks at the head to break the pipe. The game bears some resemblance to a coconut shy, or skittles. Today, the game of Aunt Sally is still played as a pub game in Oxfordshire. The ball is on a short plinth about 4 inches (10 cm) high, and is known as ...
A game of "Aunt Sally". Drawing from the 1911 edition of Whiteley's General Catalogue.. Aunt Sally is a traditional English game usually played in pub gardens and fairgrounds, in which players throw sticks or battens at a ball, known as a 'dolly', balanced on top of a stick; traditionally, a model of an old woman's head was sometimes used. [1]
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The Western Idaho Fair will be Aug. 16-25 at Expo Idaho. Tickets, carnival wristbands and reserved seats for Kansas are being sold now at idahofair.com. Advance fair admission costs $10, or $9 ...
Britain's smallest pub measuring just 5 metres by 2 metres (16.5 ft by 6.5 ft), according to the Guinness Book of Records. [7] The pub, a timber-framed Grade II listed building, has been in existence since 1867. [8] In 1984, a record 102 people squeezed inside. [9] The Old Ferryboat Inn, Holywell, Cambridge. One of a number of pubs claiming to ...
At the Sheephaven Bay pub in London, tucked just behind Camden High Street, Guinness accounts for more than 50% of weekly draft beer sales. ... British pubs are worried they’ll run out of ...
The local: A history of the English pub (The History Press, 2021). Jennings, Paul. "Liquor Licensing and the Local Historian: The Victorian Public House." Local Historian 41 (2011): 121–137. Martin, John (1993). Stanley Chew's Pub Signs: a celebration of the art and heritage of British pub signs. Worcester: John Martin. ISBN 1-85421-225-7.
How much are tickets to the Iowa State Fair? Discounted admission tickets are already on sale for $11 for adults, a $5 discount over regular prices, and $7 for children, a $3 discount. Tickets are ...